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Credit Resets

Good evening,
We are in the process of applying credit resets to approximately 15,000 users who we have identified as the most egregious Challenge Reset abusers.
A one day credit earning ban has also been applied, mostly to ensure that recipients receive an in-game notification of the action taken.
As with any such measure, we have taken the time to carefully select our criteria to eliminate false positives.
A more comprehensive pass will be occuring in the coming week as our automated Banhammer mechanisms grow accurate enough to satisfy our high bar for burden of proof. If you are thinking about getting an easy 50k credits by using this exploit, I would strongly advise you to reconsider.
Thank you, and please direct any discussion of these resets to this thread.
[b]Edit 1[/b]: a point of clarification. No bans were handed out tonight for
a) Playing too much Gruntpocalypse (no such thing!)
b) Using the target locator too much (no such thing!)
Specifically, we targeted an exploit that allowed players to complete a Challenge 20+ times via itentional network manipulation (i.e., disconnects.)
Spot checks have revealed the telltale signature of this behavior on every denier so far, so don't be fooled by the protests of innocence. We aren't.
[b]Edit 2[/b]:
1) If you have lost your Legendary Helmet or any other downloadable offers, you can re-download them via your Download History. We're not sure this is affecting anyone (we haven't reproduced it internally), but just in case it is, give this a try.
2) We won't be resetting Commendations, as we do not feel that the exploit used affected them. It would not be fair to people who did use the exploit but who wish to retain the record of their playstyle, and we cannot differentiate between the two systematically. Sorry.
[Edited on 10.01.2010 9:02 PM PDT]

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] VirulentStrife
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] X BC73 X
I do work behind a desk...overnights at the MFA in boston, that's the museum of fine arts for you nerds who don't know it.
As for setting me on edge, see my original post around page 63-65, no butthurt here folks, I'll just keep on being a winner while you nubs just keep on flaming my posts and giving me something to read at work...
Halo nerds, u mad that I'm a winner LOL
Ooooh one last thing, any real vet woulda flamed Waha when he reffered to the Army as the welfare corps, cheers to those who like to pretend to be vets online!![/quote]
[url=http://www.absolutad.com/gallery/originals_bullshit1_ranndino.jpg]What I'm thinking.[/url][/quote]
Get pwnt

LOL! ZXO got pwned!
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] RocketMoose
ZXO Ganjahero:
[quote]I never abused. I want unban this instant bungie.
[/quote]
Most people don't get to complete the same challenge 21 times in a single day.[/quote]

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Consekwence
After reading the first 4, then a scattered page of this thread here and there, I think I get the 'gist' of this.
I'd just like to say: BAH-hahaha, to all those whose first though after purchasing halo reach was "how can I exploit this game", instead of time to play some halo reach. I hope I don't get banned for laughing at you... jokes :)
It really is annoying and pathetic that there are so many people that need to FEEL as though they are better than other so they look to cheat, mod, glitch etc etc...*blam* hah.
After thinking about it, yea - I'd be mad too, if I'd..."cheated" and got reset or banned or something. But these thoughts never cross my mind.
However, just curious: 1) did we figure out if the "ONI: SWORD base target locator" way of getting credits is NOW a bannable/credit-resetable "offense"? 2) Is playing gruntpocalypse/score attack a lot going to get me reset? Cause I think that IS ridiculous.
Good job, I guess, Bungie.
Peace, everybody.
[/quote]
Did u even read the post? Or just the title?

i got reset not really bothered the ranking system in this game is bad and doesnt mean anything just shows that you play the game too much but i think that the commendations should have been reset also as commendations are a major part of earning credits .
[Edited on 10.03.2010 7:13 AM PDT]

God damn...4000+ posts and it hasn't even been a week yet. Would anyone like to come play halo with me? I am bored=[ I need someone to help me test out this map i made.
Gt: xDominoZzZ
[Edited on 10.03.2010 7:08 AM PDT]

After reading the first 4, then a scattered page of this thread here and there, I think I get the 'gist' of this.
I'd just like to say: BAH-hahaha, to all those whose first though after purchasing halo reach was "how can I exploit this game", instead of time to play some halo reach. I hope I don't get banned for laughing at you... jokes :)
It really is annoying and pathetic that there are so many people that need to FEEL as though they are better than other so they look to cheat, mod, glitch etc etc...*blam* hah.
After thinking about it, yea - I'd be mad too, if I'd..."cheated" and got reset or banned or something. But these thoughts never cross my mind.
However, just curious: 1) did we figure out if the "ONI: SWORD base target locator" way of getting credits is NOW a bannable/credit-resetable "offense"? 2) Is playing gruntpocalypse/score attack a lot going to get me reset? Cause I think that IS ridiculous.
Good job, I guess, Bungie.
Peace, everybody.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] X BC73 X
I do work behind a desk...overnights at the MFA in boston, that's the museum of fine arts for you nerds who don't know it.
As for setting me on edge, see my original post around page 63-65, no butthurt here folks, I'll just keep on being a winner while you nubs just keep on flaming my posts and giving me something to read at work...
Halo nerds, u mad that I'm a winner LOL
Ooooh one last thing, any real vet woulda flamed Waha when he reffered to the Army as the welfare corps, cheers to those who like to pretend to be vets online!![/quote]
You spend your nights sat at a desk in a museum. Yeah, you're totally a 'winner'. Nice to see that you've stopped mindlessly repeating 'scrubs' and you're now constantly giving yourself the same compliment.
You're also sat there talking about how you're going to be in the army, then attacking other people who were actually in the army. Nice work, poser.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] X BC73 X
I do work behind a desk...overnights at the MFA in boston, that's the museum of fine arts for you nerds who don't know it.
As for setting me on edge, see my original post around page 63-65, no butthurt here folks, I'll just keep on being a winner while you nubs just keep on flaming my posts and giving me something to read at work...
Halo nerds, u mad that I'm a winner LOL
Ooooh one last thing, any real vet woulda flamed Waha when he reffered to the Army as the welfare corps, cheers to those who like to pretend to be vets online!![/quote]
[url=http://www.absolutad.com/gallery/originals_bullshit1_ranndino.jpg]What I'm thinking.[/url]

I do work behind a desk...overnights at the MFA in boston, that's the museum of fine arts for you nerds who don't know it.
As for setting me on edge, see my original post around page 63-65, no butthurt here folks, I'll just keep on being a winner while you nubs just keep on flaming my posts and giving me something to read at work...
Halo nerds, u mad that I'm a winner LOL
Ooooh one last thing, any real vet woulda flamed Waha when he reffered to the Army as the welfare corps, cheers to those who like to pretend to be vets online!!

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] VirulentStrife
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] I is Krazy
99% OF YOU PUNKS, WAAAH MAMA THOSE BAD MEN BEAT ME TO GETTING THE EPIC BARNEY LUNCHBOX!!!! I HAVE 549,782 LEGIT NERD POINTS AND MY ARENA RATING IS SOO HIGH!!!![/quote]
...
I'm not even gonna.[/quote]
Oh come on, you've got to play with him.
He's like an excited puppy.
Can we keep him?

Bungie can sit on my wizard wand and gargle some of my home brew mayonnaise. Credit resets pffff, having the extra armors and ranks from glitching give the player no unfair advantage in game at all. There visual things only. Shouldnt you be working on sorting the growing aimbot probblem that jtag users are destroying the game with.
Yeah bungie, reset the little glitchers ( like me ) and leave the hardcore hackers roaming free fecking up your game.
You are a joke company
[Edited on 10.03.2010 6:51 AM PDT]

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] I is Krazy
99% OF YOU PUNKS, WAAAH MAMA THOSE BAD MEN BEAT ME TO GETTING THE EPIC BARNEY LUNCHBOX!!!! I HAVE 549,782 LEGIT NERD POINTS AND MY ARENA RATING IS SOO HIGH!!!![/quote]
...
I'm not even gonna.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] RossCoBrit
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] VirulentStrife
I'm in need of more tears, have the cheaters stopped crying and moved on?[/quote]
I think they are jointly consulting their lawyers.
(And by lawyers, I mean mothers)[/quote]
Well then, there'll be another time...

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] VirulentStrife
I'm in need of more tears, have the cheaters stopped crying and moved on?[/quote]
I think they are jointly consulting their lawyers.
(And by lawyers, I mean mothers)

wish they would have set u back from when u started the glitch cause i was a major grade 2 legit then i used the glitch
"that bungie should have fixed right away and not left it in the game" and got to a Lt. Colonel unlegit

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] X BC73 X
Keep it coming, nerd rage is what gets me thru my shifts people, it's winners like you that make my life as awesome as it is, without failures like u...waha and friends, and ocs spot might never have opened up. Just remember -blam!-, that beer you buy for that soldier might be me, oh how sweet.[/quote]
Oh do shut it. You're butthurt about being reset in a videogame, your life doesn't sound so awesome if thats the sort of thing that really sets you on edge.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] X BC73 X
Keep it coming, nerd rage is what gets me thru my shifts people, it's winners like you that make my life as awesome as it is, without failures like u...waha and friends, and ocs spot might never have opened up. Just remember -blam!-, that beer you buy for that soldier might be me, oh how sweet.[/quote]
Yawn.
No, really, yawn. You have actually bored me to the point of tiredness. I'm going to bed. Do me a favour, and make sure you keep whining so that when I wake up, I'll have lots more of your bitter tears to enjoy.
Good night, folks!

If you steal a pack of crisps, the police dont fine you for everything you own, sure there are some people who drained the cow of all its milk, but there are some who only wanted to sample some. That should not have equal punishment in my opinion.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] TheSixth
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=50088946&postRepeater1-p=1]I modded my flaming helmet[/url]
OP of this thread deserves a ban, and also points out a problem that I wouldnt mind seeing solved.[/quote]
Agreed to the full extent

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] X BC73 X
Keep it coming, nerd rage is what gets me thru my shifts people, it's winners like you that make my life as awesome as it is, without failures like u...waha and friends, and ocs spot might never have opened up. Just remember -blam!-, that beer you buy for that soldier might be me, oh how sweet.[/quote]
Someone's mommy didn't give them enough hugs when they were growing up.